Cyr v. Reliance Standard
| LAURA A. CYR |
| RELIANCE STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, an Illinois corporation |
| SECRETARY OF LABOR |
| 07-56869 |
| December 31, 2007 |
| U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit |
| Employee Retirement |
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| Cyr v. Reliance Standard |
 Cyr v. Reliance Standard Life Ins. Co.
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Filed opinion (ALEX KOZINSKI, MARY M. SCHROEDER, STEPHEN R. REINHARDT, SIDNEY R. THOMAS, BARRY G. SILVERMAN, RAYMOND C. FISHER, MARSHA S. BERZON, RICHARD R. CLIFTON, JAY S. BYBEE, MILAN D. SMITH, JR. and N. RANDY SMITH) (Judge RRC authoring). We agreed to hear this case en banc in order to reconsider our precedent as to which parties may be sued as defendants in actions for benefits under 29 U.S.C. 1132(a)(1)(B), part of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, better known as ERISA. Some of our previous decisions have indicated that only a benefit plan itself or the plan administrator of a benefit plan covered under ERISA is a proper defendant in a lawsuit under that provision. We conclude that the statute does not support that limitation, however, and that an entity other than the plan itself or the plan administrator may be sued under that statute in appropriate circumstances. We overrule our prior decisions to the contrary. To apply that decision and to resolve other issues raised in this appeal, we transfer the case back to the three-judge panel to which this case was previously assigned. (See opinion for full text). Implementing this conclusion in this case and resolving the other issues raised in this appeal does not require the participation of this en banc panel. The case is therefore transferred back to the previously assigned three-judge panel for further consideration and action consistent with this opinion. TRANSFERRED TO PREVIOUSLY ASSIGNED THREE-JUDGE PANEL. [7793507] [07-56869, 08-55234]
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